okay, so…basically, Akai just dropped a whole lotta goodness.

My favorite is the new akai mpk61! It’s a 61 key controller with 16 pads not 12, and

all the controllers of their other controllers.

Great job Akai….thank you for listening to your customers!

Note repeat, arpeggiator, and mpc style quantize on board

with all the faders and knobs you like.

Next, they tropped the LPD8 a mini laptop pad controller…good stuff, but my second favorite after the mpk61 is

the LPK25!!!

It’s a mini keyboard…with REAL mini keys, not laptop keys trying to be piano keys.

And finally…they released their own freakin studio monitors the akai rpm8s

“RPM8 reference production studio monitors are specifically designed for use with

MPC music production workstations and production controllers. RPM8 studio monitors are

two-way, active, bi-amplified, nearfield loudspeakers made for producers, recording

engineers, remix artists, DJs and other musicians.”

uhhh…thank you! I wonder how good they sound, or do they just overhype your sound to produce the “low end” they boast?

Either way, it’s looking good, I can’t wait to get my hands on some of their new gear to do a review on here.

see ya!

It’s true, I’ve been watching openlabs for a few years, when the first started with the neko.

Now, with the 5th gen of their equipment, it’s safe to say I’m ready to get one!

Don’t know what it is?

Imagine, being able to use and have all the flexibility that software provides, in something like a roland fantom or yamaha motif.

Yeah, it’s a keybard workstation, it’s hardware, but it runs any software that can run on a pc.

perfectly tweaked for audio heads, you don’t even have to look at windows because they have a sexy shell on which the system runs.

imagine having a hardware device that is runing reason 4, or ableton live, or flstudio.

no pieces and parts, just one solid unit ready to go.

This is the device that can move a hardware enthusiast into the software world, for good.

I love my mpc, I love my synths, but my eye is on the Miko, this blog is my story.

Roll with me up until the day I finally get it and beyond.

I’m not crazy…okay, maybe just a little.

I’ll be back at a later date with the specs and such, but just go to openlabs.com or look at the videos.

Thing is crazy!